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J. P. HANLON. Y UNIVERS'ALLY MOVABLE SUPPORT POR MIRRORS, &c.

No. 544,300. Patented Aug.`13, 1895.

EEES- STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN F. I'IANLON, OF CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAURICE B. QUIMBY, OF SAME PLACE.

U N IVERSALLY-IVIOVABLE SMU PPO RT FOR MIRRORS, 80C.

SIBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,300, dated August 13, 1895. Application filed October 29, 1894. SerialNo. 527,099. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN F. HANLON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing made of metal, as bronze, and of sufficient size and weight to act as a counterbalance to create a firm and secure base for the entire at Concord, in the county of Merrimac and group of parts. In the present instance this 55 5' State of New Hampshire, have invented cerbase contains a clock, as will be seen by reftain new and useful Improvements in vUnierence to Figs. 1 and 2; but it may embody versally Movable Supports for Mirrors or some bronze ligure of an animal or a person. other Objects; and I do hereby declare the In order to enable theyokes to be positioned following to beafull, clear, and exact descripat any angle `with the base or with the 6o tion of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a universally-mov able support especially adapted to uphold a frame which is to contain an object and presocket joint 4, while the opposite co-operating ends of said yokes are pivotally secured, respectively, to the frame 5, adapted to contain the object, as a mirror, which is to be mounted therein, and a base 6. This base is intended `not only to be ornamental in shape, either circular or polygonal in form, but it may be frame 5, thumb-screws 7 7 72 73 are supplied and the friction created by them is Vto be varied as may be desired. If, forinstance, this support is to be packed away, the screws are relaxed and the parts 5 6 are swung down into the same horizontal plane as shown in Fig. 2. In this drawing the base is designed to be removable-that is, adapted for a position upon a table, mantel-piece, or elsewhereand serves to engage a locking screw-threaded bolt 17. Furthermore, this neck portion eX- tends some little distance below the pointv where'the bead 14 is formed. Hence it will be seen that the insertion of the holt not only spreads the neck portions apart, causing the rib 14 to be held in engagement with the ansent it to the observer in various positions, while in Fig. 1 a nnmberot ears 8 are attached 7o zo said support being secured to a baseer stand to the periphery of the base, by means ot which may be removable or a fixture, as cir- Whichit becomesatixture andis then adapted lll i Y cumstances dictate. y as a wall-ornament.

The purpose and object of my invention is In order to enable the yoke 2 to be placed to produce a support which shall be in itself at any angle with respectto the yoke 3, which 75 z5 an ornament for a room and at the same time has limited swinging motion,aball-andsocket one which shall uphold a frame to contain joint is employed, which device is composed preferably a mirror, and likewise be capable 0f a ball 9 and a socket 10. These two eleof folding up to economize space in packing. ments are attached firmly to opposite yokes, This mirror or other object is so mounted that but on corresponding portions of the same. 8o 3o it is capable of assuming any or every posi- To enable said parts to be readily disengaged, tion, and further may be reversed, the back, and at the same time to regulate the friction which is -to contain some photograph, engravwhich is to exist between the ball and the ing, or copy of a work of art, being made to socket to permit the yoke 2 to be maintained take the place of the mirror. l at anyangle or in anyposition desired, the fol- 8 5 35 The drawings herewith presented illustrate, lowing construction is employed: A tubular in Figure l, a perspective View of a support block or plate 12 is secured to or made to form embodying my invention as a tixture. Fig. a part of this yoke at a point centrally of the 2 is aplan. Fig. 3 is a diam etrical transverse latter. Interiorly of said block is formed an section of the mirror and frame. Fig. 4 is a annular groove 13, adapted to receive a circu l9o 4o sectional elevation of the ball-and-socket lar bead or rib 14, which engages the same. joint, showing one form of construction. Thisbead formsapart of the lower end or neck In the presentinstance myinvention is e'm- 15 of the socket 1Q, which is longitudinally bodied in twin U-shaped arms or yokes 2 3, split, asindicated at 16. The bore of the neck interconnected by a universal or ball-andof said socket is tapered and screw-threaded 95 ICO the friction of said socket about the ball is easily regulated, and the yoke 2 may be set in any plane or at any angle with the base and so remain undisturbed by gravity.

In lieu ofinterconnecting the parts, as shown in Fig. 2, a preferred construction is illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the separable-portions of the socket are caused to engagea stud 18 interiorly, while the exterior surface of the neck of said socket is screw-threaded and tapered to receive a clamping-nut 19. Hence by removing the nut the two yokes are easily separated, it' desired. Conversely by advancing the clamp upon the neck the sectional parts of the socket may be caused to grip the ball with any degree of tightness.

As before premised, one of the purposes ot this invention is to provide a support for a mirror or other object, said support to consist of a base which shall. consist of some ornamental piece, while the supported object is to be contained within a frame so supported that it is not only adapted to be positioned in any desired plane or at any angle with the base,

but likewise may be reversible. This frame In Fig. 1 this rim is oc- Figs. 1 and 3 the two sides are unlike. In Fig. 3 the glass is indicated at 20, while the reverse side is adapted to contain a photograph or engraving at 24. This latter isheld in the frame by means of an annular rim 25, which is removably attached by screws or otherwise in order that the picture may be changed if it is so wished. Thus by means of this construction the frame may swing upon its pivots and the mirror may be availed of. Vlhen not in use the reverse side is turned outwardly and the support then serves as a photographholder.

Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination with a base, a universally movable framc, twin yokes pivotally at.- tached to said base and frame, and clamping screws in the extremities of the yokcs, ot an interconnectingjointcomprisinga ball,asplit socket having a sectional tubular stem,and a clamping device adapted to cause the socket to clasp the ball on one yoke,and the stem to engage the opposite corresponding yoke, substantially as stated.

2. In combination with two similar yokcs, a separable joint for uniting the same, and comprising a ball secured to one yoke, a stud transversely on the corresponding yoke, a split socket having an exteriorly threaded stem, and a clamping nut which serves to clasp the socket about the ball and the socket stem about the stud, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. HANLON.

Witnesses:

MAURICE B. QUIMBY, WM. H. SAWYER. 

